Homeschool Classes

Meets on Mondays: March 18, 25, April 1, 8, 15
Competency in independent reading is not required.
Program meets at CME Portal Entry
Program time: 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Last day to register: Monday, March 11, 2019

Get an inside look at paleontology from the gigantic Diplodocus to the tiny Archaeopteryx. Cover land, sea, and sky while searching for unusual pterosaurs, ichthyosaurs, birds, and mammals. Peek into PaleoLab where museum scientists work on fossils every day. Go on a dinosaur dig. Make a mask of your favorite prehistoric beast, and move like a dinosaur in a special relay race.

 

Meets on Mondays: March 18, 25, April 1, 8, 15
Program meets at CME Portal Entry
Program time: 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Last day to register: Monday, March 11, 2019

Take your interest in rocks to the next level as you examine rocks, gems, minerals, and fossils in the lab and throughout the museum. Learn the tools of the geologists’ trade on a rock walk and start a take-home collection of rocks and minerals. Create your own experimental gallery to model the effects of magma on land forms, observe as lava flows into the ocean, and demonstrate how continents have shifted in the past.

 

Meets on Mondays: March 18, 25, April 1, 8, 15
Program meets at CME Portal Entry
Program time: 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Last day to register: Monday, March 11, 2019

Take your love for nature to the next level as you explore the field of herpetology. Experience what it’s like to be a museum scientist studying reptiles and amphibians—in the field and in the lab. Use field notebooks and check out the tech used by professional scientists for field work. Meet distinguished scientists who have traveled around the world. Collect, analyze and record your own observations as you conduct a mock field study.

 

Meets on Mondays: March 18, 25, April 1, 8, 15
Program meets at CME Portal Entry
Program time: 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Last day to register: Monday, March 11, 2019

This spring, explore principles of organic chemistry in the culmination of this year’s three-part chemistry series. Explore the four classes of organic compounds. Delve into stereochemistry and study the connections between structure and function. Investigate the diversity of organic molecules at work across classifications of life on Earth. Undertake laboratory explorations in fermentation and polymerization as you develop your understanding of chemical processes at play in everyday life.

Students who complete all three parts of the series will receive a certificate of achievement.

Enrollment in Chemistry I: Intro to Chemistry and/or Chemistry I: Chemical Reactions is not a required prerequisite.

 

Refund Policy

For multi-session classes, full refund less $10 handling fee for withdrawals made at least one week before program begins. Withdrawals made less than one week before the program starts, but before the second class session, are subject to a fee of $10 plus the pro-rated cost of a single class. No refunds after the second class has met.

Inclement Weather Policy

For children’s programs scheduled to occur December through March, the following inclement weather policy will be used: Should hazardous conditions result in cancellation of classes, announcements will be made on television stations KDKA, WTAE, WPXI, and FOX. Decisions are based on the needs of all students and instructors, some of whom drive considerable distances to Oakland. Makeup days may be scheduled for missed classes. During any inclement weather, please use your own discretion to attend for your own safety and that of your student.